Holiday Donations 2025

The Silver Eagles F.O.E. "4281 Penticton, donned their favourite Christmas toques and delivered their yearly donation at Moog & Friends Hospice House.

Ho Ho HO!

The Blue Knights LEMC (Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club) popped into the Hospice House gardens to hand over their donation to Vice Board Chair Derek McKeever. Deer approved!

The residents of Regency Southwood Retirement Resort donated proceeds from sales in their Tuck Shop and in November Marge and Gail organized a donation box at their Christmas Craft Fair and received donations from residents and visitors.

Natalia Castillo from the Sandman Hotel also dropped in with their yearly donation for a one night stay for a family visiting a loved one at Hospice.

Plein Air at Moog & Friends Hospice House Gardens, 2025

A group of 12 Plein Air artists visited the Hospice Gardens on a gorgeous sunny September morning. The artists set up their easels and paints in front of the Hospice House rooms, so residents and visitors could observe their creative process. Some residents and family members enjoyed a stroll in the gardens and chatted with the artists about their choices of mediums, canvases and subject matter. Many of the finished paintings were displayed at our first World Hospice Day event on October 11th and will be donated to Hospice Society for a future event.

A woman smiling outdoors, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, sunglasses, a colorful apron, and black sneakers, standing next to a small wicker table with painting supplies in a garden with trees, shrubs, and mountains in the background.
Older woman with gray hair, glasses, and a pink wristband, standing outdoors near a large tree, painting on a canvas set up on an easel. She is wearing a white shirt and a blue apron with paint stains, smiling, holding a paintbrush and palette. The painting on the canvas appears to be an abstract with pink and green colors. On the ground, there is a black case with painting supplies and a photograph of a white flower with a bee. The background shows a beige fence, green grass, and tall trees.
Several people painting outdoors under trees with sunlight filtering through the leaves, with art supplies and paintings visible.
A woman kneeling on the grass outdoors, painting on a canvas set on an easel, surrounded by painting supplies and a small green side table, with bushes and a house in the background.
Painting of a red rose with two buds and green leaves against a green textured background, signed by the artist 'Gladish'.
An elderly woman paints a sunflower on a canvas outdoors, sitting at a small table with artist supplies, under a tree with a white fence behind her.
Three pieces of artwork displayed on a wooden surface against a textured wall: a vibrant sunflower painting on the left, a framed landscape drawing in the middle, and a colorful painting of a deer on the right.

In the summer of 2025 we gave a huge bravo and applause to Opera Kelowna and the "Sidewalk Serenades" opera singers who put on 2 pop-up performances in the Moog & Friends Hospice House gardens. Hospice volunteers, staff and residents relaxed at the gazebo, or had their windows open to breathe in Italian operettas from Christine, who works as an LPN at Penticton Regional Hospital and Sophia, the Serenades coordinator. Opera Kelowna chorus members volunteer their time for these free outdoor concerts, at various long-term facilities in the Okanagan. A lovely uplifting memory through song in our Hospice Gardens.

Sidewalk Serenades

A woman with glasses and short curly hair, wearing a white dress, standing at a microphone with her hand on her chest, smiling during a performance. Behind her, a maroon banner reads 'Opera Kelowna Sidewalk Serenades'. There are green trees, plants, and a man kneeling or crouching with a hat and gray hoodie in front of the banner.
A woman singing passionately on an outdoor stage, wearing a turquoise dress with a music stand and microphone, with a purple banner behind her that reads 'OPERa KELOWNA sidewalk serenades.'